TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bowles,Nigel
AU  - McMahon,Robert K.
TI  - The government and politics of the United States
T2  - Comparative government and politics
SN  - 9780333948613
U1  - 320.973 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - United States
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- 
Ch. 1. Beliefs and Values in American Society -- 
Ch. 2. The Constitution: Creating the Rules of the Game -- 
Ch. 3. Political Parties: The Politics of Aggregation and Disaggregation -- 
Ch. 4. Elections and the Politics of Participation -- 
Ch. 5. The Presidency and the Politics of Leadership -- 
Ch. 6. Congress and the Politics of Legislative Competition -- 
Ch. 7. The Supreme Court and the Politics of Adjudication -- 
Ch. 8. Interest Groups -- 
Ch. 9. Bureaucracy: The Fourth Branch of Government -- 
Ch. 10. Federalism and Intergovernmental Policy-Making -- 
Ch. 11. Domestic Economic Policy -- 
Ch. 12. Foreign and Defence Policy -- 
Conclusion -- 
Appendix 1: The Constitution of the United States -- 
Appendix 2: Amendments to the Constitution of the United States -- 
Appendix 3: The Constitution's Allocation of Federal and State Powers -- 
Further Reading
N2  - This extensively revised new edition offers a broad-ranging, systematic and sophisticated introduction contemplating the institutions and processes of government in the US set in a clear historical context
ER  -